Classon Avenue (IND Crosstown Line)

Classon Avenue
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	Classon Avenue & Lafayette Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11205
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Bedford–Stuyvesant, Clinton Hill
Coordinates	40°41′20″N 73°57′36″W / 40.688839°N 73.960047°WCoordinates: 40°41′20″N 73°57′36″W / 40.688839°N 73.960047°W
Division	B (IND)
Line	IND Crosstown Line
Services	G  (all times)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: B38, B48
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	July 1, 1937
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	1,604,508[1]  8.6%
Rank	297 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	Bedford–Nostrand Avenues: G
Next south	Clinton–Washington Avenues: G
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times
Location

Classon Avenue (pronounced /klɔːsɪn/ KLAW-sin by local residents) is a station on the IND Crosstown Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Classon and Lafayette Avenues in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn, it is served at all times by the G train.

Station layout

G	Street Level	Entrances/Exits
M	Mezzanine	to entrances/exits, station agent, MetroCard vending machines
P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Southbound	← toward Church Avenue (Clinton–Washington Avenues)
	Trackbed
	Northbound	→ toward Court Square (Bedford–Nostrand Avenues) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

This underground station, opened on July 1, 1937 as part of the extension of the Crosstown Line from Nassau Avenue to Hoyt-Schermerhorn Streets.^[2] This station has two side platforms and two tracks with space for a center track. Both platforms have a light green trim line on a darker green border and name tablets reading "CLASSON AVE." in white sans serif lettering on a dark green background and lighter green border. There are small "CLASSON" directional signs in white lettering on a black background beneath the trim line and name tablets. Dark blue i-beam columns run along both platforms at regular intervals with alternating ones having the standard black station name plate in white lettering.

This station has a full length mezzanine above the platforms and tracks supported by dark blue i-beam columns, but only the northern half is open to the public and has two staircases to each platform. The fare control area is at the center with a turnstile bank, token booth, and three stairs going up to all corners of Classon and Lafayette Avenues except the northeast one.

The space for an additional center track between the two outer ones was meant for the un-built IND Second System. It would have been an extension of the center track at Bedford–Nostrand Avenues, which dead-ends on either side of that station. Railroad south of Classon Avenue, the two tracks curve closer to each other and the center trackway ends.

The south end of the southbound platform and the north end of the northbound one have room for proposed control towers. Those spaces are now used for crew facilities.

References

1. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
2. "New Crosstown Subway Line Is Opened". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. July 1, 1937. Retrieved 24 December 2015.

External links

• nycsubway.org—IND Crosstown: Classon Avenue
• Station Reporter — G Train
• The Subway Nut — Classon Avenue Pictures
• Classon Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View